Button.



A. JONAS.

BUTTON.

APPLlCATION man JUNE 10, 91a.

Patented Dec. 12, 1 916.

ALEXANDER JONAS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD T0 CEARLES SMITH, 0F CAMDEN, NEVI' JERSEY, AND ONE-THIRD T0 JOSEPH SLATER, PHILADELLPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTON.

Application filed June 10, i916. Serial No. 103,005.

To all to hom it may concern Be it known that T, ALEXANDER JONAS, formerly a subject of Hungary, (in 1912 declared his intentions to become a citizen of the United States,) residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buttons for clothing and the object of my invention is to construct a button which may be readily attached and detached and a further object of my invention is to provide a buttonwhich is strong and durable and which can be manufactured at a low cost.

Referring to the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the button; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4 are central vertical sections through the button showing the parts in different positions; Fig. 5.is a section on line 55 Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the button showing the button attached to a piece of fabric.

1n the drawings, in which like references refer to like parts, 1 represents the body portion of the button consisting of the disk 2 and the conical member 3, secured together at the outer edges thereof. A post 5 is carried by the disk 2 and is provided with an enlarged head 6 for holding the fancy top 7 of the button upon the disk 2, to which the top is also cemented in the usual manner.

Fitting loosely around the post 5 is a circular shank 9 having an inner flange 10, located within the hollow body portion 1 and said flange 1O strikes against the flange 12, formed upon the conical member 3, of the body portion. Thus the shank 9 is prevented from becoming detached from the post 5.

A sprin 14 encircles the post 5 and rests at one end upon the disk 2 and the other end of the spring acts against the flange 10 of the shank 9 and tends to force the latter toward the free end of the post 5. The shank 9 is also provided with an outer flange 15.

Pivotally mounted upon the free end of the post 5 is a cross-bar 16, which may be Specification of Letters Patent.

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turned upon the pivot pin 17 into a position parallel with the post 5 or into a position at right angles with the post.

My improved button may be secured to a fabric by turning the cross bar 16 into the position shown in Fig. 4 and forcing the latter through the fabric. The spring 14 will contract and allow the shank 9 to partly enter the hollow body portion, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the cross-bar and post may project through the fabric sufliciently to permit the cross-bar to be turned at rightangles with. the post 5, after it has passed through the fabric. The shank will be tightly pressed. against the fabric by the spring 14 and tightly clamp the fabric against the crossbar, as shown in Fig. 6.

The button is thus securely fastened to the fabric and may be used in the ordinary manner the same as a button which is sewn to the fabric.

The button also may be used in the position shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of holding two fabrics together having the but ton holes formed in the same.

Having thus described my invention T claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

1. In a button the combination, of a head, a post rigidly secured to the under side of the head, a cross bar upon the free end of the post, a shank adapted to raise the head of the button away from the fabric to which the button is attached, said shank consisting of two telescoping members, one thereof secured to said .head and the other thereof slidably mounted upon said post, a spring acting between the said head and the movable member of the shank tending to press the latter against the cross bar and tending also to raise the head of the button away from the fabric.

2. In a button the combination, of a head, a post rigidly secured to the under side of the head, a cross bar upon the free end of the post, a shank adapted to raise the head of the button away from the fabric to which. the button is attached, said shank consisting of two telescoping members, one thereof secured to the said head and the other thereof slidably mounted upon said post, a flange formed upon the movable member of the shank, a spring inclosed in the member of the shank which is secured to the head, said spring acting against the head of the but- In testimony whereof I afiix my signaton and the flange of the movable member ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

of the shank and an inwardly turned flange upon the member of the shank Which is se- ALEXANDER JONAS cured to the head adapted to form a stop to Vitnesses:

limit the movement of the movable member CAL SMITH, of the shank. ROBERT M. WALLACE.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

